The Frontier SPORTS
Jim Becker Lost
for Grid Season
Cards ’Giant - Killers’
in Friday Opener
Coach Don Templemeyer’s St
Mary's academy Cardinals will
assume the role of giant killers
Friday night when they go to
Crofton
Crofton has yet to be defeated
gince that school began playing
eight-man football two years ago
The Knox countyans have racked
up 18 consecutive victories.
The Cardinals, entering their
gtoond season of eight-man ball,
will attempt to improve on last
year’s 5-2 record. With returning
regulars in Tom Schneider, Gene
O’Neill, Jim Hickey and Jim
Froehch, the Cards will offer a
•‘fairly potent attack,” in the
words of Templemeyer, but will
truss such regulars as Jerry
Schmidt, Tom Head, Ray Don
ohoe, Larry Johnson and Matt'
Hynes, who were lost via gradu- :
at ion.
The Cards suffered early sea
*•11 blows via the crippling
route. Jim Becker had a knee
hanged from behind and is in
St. Joseph’s hospital. Sioux
City, recovering from eartilage
snrgery. He will be lost for the
grid season.
I«irry Cleary is on the shelf be
cause of hurts, and injuries are
also expected to slow the run
ning ability of Jerry McGinn and
Bill Craig, both of whom are
waging a lively battle for the
left halfback position. McGinn
has been out of action for a week
due to some broken ribs, but
expects to see action against
Crofton. Craig is hampered by a
gore back.
The game is apt to feature a
lively battle between Academy
Halfback Tom Schneider and
Crofton’s all-state Halfback Jer
ry Steffen.
Probable starting lineup for
the Cards:
Left end — Bruce Weier, left
guard — Jim Enright, center —
Gene O’Neill, right guard—Jim
Hickey, right end—Jim Froelich,
quarterback — Gary Holly, left
half—Jerry McGinn, right half—
Tom Schneider
Also ticketed to see action are
Larry Donohoe, center and guard;
Bill Craig, halfback; Jim Mc
Ginn, halfback and end.
Pete Becker of Ashby arrived
Monday to spend a few days at
the H. J. Birmingham home.
Hugh Coyne ... as referee
awarded Leahy the bout.—The
Frontier Photo.
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Montana Jack Sullivan (left) forgot the smelling salts, ind Frank Leahy turned to foot
ball.—I’hotos courtesy Walter O'Malley.
LUCKY FOR FOOTBALL AND NOTRE DAME . . .
Leahy’s Fight Career Ended in ’21
During the weekend, member newspapers of the International News'
Service published a story by John Barrington, INS sports editor, that
has stirred memories of O’Neillites:
NEW YORK—Football almost lost one of its outstanding
coaches, Frank Leahy, to the prize ring.
The former Notre Dame mentor says he had pugilistic
ambitions as a school boy at Winner, S.D.until, as a
16-year-old light heavyweight, he was matched at nearby
O’Neill, Nebr., against a blacksmith named Silent Blaha.
“He knocked me down six times in the first round.”
Leahy recalls, “but I don’t remember anything after the first
knockdown until I came to my senses again in my corner
between rounds.”
Leahy’s seconds were his brother and a former fighter,
Montana Jack Sullivan. Leahy became dimly aware of his
brother saying, “Give him the smelling salts.” . . . “Can’t,”
replied Sullivan, “I left them at the hotel.”
Leahy finally won when his opponent was disqualified
for kicking him after knocking him down again.
But Leahy’s ring career ended when he looked at his
face in the mirror next morning.
“I came to a decision,” he says. “I wasn’t cut out for
a fighter.” And so it was football.
Kehashing ot the Keany-uiana' -
incident has centered around
Hugh Coyne, O’Neill merchant,
who was the referee.
Coyne recalls the fight—a pre
liminary three-rounder — was
staged in a ring erected at the
Noble lumber yard.
“It was a first-class ring, too,”
he remembers, and later was
moved to the fairgrounds (in the
northeast section of town) for
outdoor fights.
“About that time there was a
series of boxing matches at the
Knights of Columbus hall.
“This card was sponsored by
the KC’s and tne late Herbert
Hammond fixed up the program.
He had Ray Carter and Charley
Young, Sioux City heavyweights,
as the main event. Young was
a Negro.
Leahy, who was born in O’
Neill, was said to be something
of a’ comer, so Herb matched
him with this Sioux City fel
low named Blaha.
“In addition, there was another
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preliminary in which two kids
from Sioux City were matched
against each other.
It was in about 1921.
“There had been some fouling
in the first round of the Leahy
Blaha bout.” Coyne remembers
“I let it go, but in the second
round I cautioned Blaha.
“I think Frank is mistaken
about being knocked down six
times in the opening round. It
seemed to me that Frank was
doing quite a bit better than
that.
“Finally, in the third round.
Blaha punched low and knocked
Leahy down. I went over to Lea
hy, raised him to his feet and
raised his arm, signaling him as
the technical victor.
“There was a big crowd and
everybody seemed to enjoy the
whole program.”
That was the eia when Jerry
Vokoc, “the fighting Bohemian”
from Verdigre, would crraw a full
house in a boxing match, includ
ing Knox countyans en masse
Entertainment of another sort
at that period included ‘ ghost
lights” on the Niobrara river and
a “monster” that roamed the Hay
Springs country. The latter was
a fabrication of a news writer
from out that way who kept the
nation on edge until the hoax was
revealed.
Ijeahy later went to Notre
Dame, played football, turned
to coaching, achieved success
at Fordham and Boston (Mass.)
college, and established a rare
coaching record in recent years
at Notre Dame.
He has been in private business
for the past three years and lives
with his family at South Bend.
His brother. Gene of Rushville, is
a frequent O’Neill visitor.
Montana Jack visited O'Neill
hen he made his annual pil
grimage to Nebraska.
It's a fair guess his mail will
be heavy from friends through
out the country who have seen
Barrington’s story.
Reifert Preps
Ewinsj for Start
Tigers Put 16-Game
String at Stake
EWING—Coach Fritz Reifert
has been tightening the screws
this week in preparation for the
Ewing high Tigers’ grid opener
Friday, September 14, at Bassett.
The game starts at 8 p.m.
The Tigers posted an all -
virtorius season a year ago. In
fact the victory string extends
for 16 consecutive games during
the past two seasons.
Reifert is working with an ex
perienced backfield but the line
is green and where the leaks will
be is the big question. He has
been working regularly with 33
candidates.
Members of the squad are
Gene Sisson, Paul Gunter, Don
Wright, Larry Larson, Jerry
Hahlbcck, Tom Koenig, Bob Tut
tle, Lyle Larson, Bob Tams, Jack
Sisson, Maurice Schindler, Den
nis Scheer, Richard Williamson,
LaVern Stamp, Sonny Carl. Ray
Turner.
Ronnie Hahlbeek, Francis
Heumesser. David Wright, Ron
nie Cloyd, Larry Rotherham, Bob
Welke, Virgil Potter, Arthur
Snyder, Duaine Bollwitt, Gary
Eaeher, Jerry Jeff, Leon Hahl
beck, Royce Wright, Lyle Potter,
MiLtOn Biddlecome and Ronnie
Thoendel.
Schedule:
Sept. 14—At Bassett.
Sept. 21—Pilger, here.
Sept. 28—Battle Creek, here.
Oct. 5—At Atkinson.
Oct. 12—Open.
Oct. 19—Tilden. here.
Oct. 23—At Stuart.
Nov, 2 Newman Grove, here.
Nov. 9—At Creighton.
(All are night games, starting
i at 8 o’clock.)
O'Neill Rockets Gain
Revenge at Bassett
Gene Wolfe Hot in
15-6 Playoff
In the second game of the
North - Central day - and - night
league two-out-of-three playoff
series, the O’Neill Rockets plas
tered the Bassett Towners. 15-6
The game was played Sunday af
ternoon at Bassett.
In the first playoff game, stag
ed a week earlier at O’Neill,
Bassett won it, 5-1, but O’Neill
formally protested, charging that
Bassett had used Marion Hicks
as pitcher. League rules provide j
a playoff pitcher must partici
pate in 25 innings of season’s i
play.
Ilicks, according to manager
Dick Tomlinson of the Rockets
had appeared in only seven in
nings.
The 1 e a g u e hierarchy was
slow to make a decision on the
matter, so the Rockets went into
game number two.
Big gun in the O’Neill attack
at Bassett was Gene Wolfe. In
five trips to the plate he poked
out a single, a double, a trfcgr
and a homerun The circuit clout
came with the bases loaded.
Junior Adamson connected
with two doubles and a single
Third—and final game of the
series was to be played W wines -
day night at Atkinson -a neutral
field.
Summary:
O’Neill 003 440 031 — 15 10 2
Bassett 100 000 500— 0 112
Batteries: O’Neill—Danny Hel
mer. Larry Heiss and Junior Ad
amson; Bassett — Larry Fischer
and Doyle Dockens.
Hammond Heads
SMA Athletic Group
George Hammond was elected
president of the St Mary's Aca
demy Athletic association at a
meeting of the group Friday
night
Dr Edward M. Glee son was
chosen vice - president; William
Mat tern, secretary, and Arlen
("Shorty”) Miles, treasurer.
Finances of the organization
were discussed.
Sunday and Monday Mr. and
Mrs. L. M Merriman visited her
sister and husband, Mr. aud
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